Republicans are FURIOUS over new abortion numbers

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STf4GYhxgsY

Don’t argue with a pro-lifer. Instead, ask them this question first.

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SI_8bv3HKtI

 

Iowa has an OB-GYN shortage. Is the state's abortion ban partially to blame? : Shots - Health News : NPR

Iowa ranks last among states for the number of OB-GYNS per capita. State legislators are trying to recruit more, but some doctors say the state's strict abortion ban is partially to blame...

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/11/05/nx-s1-5558169/iowa-obgyns-abortion-ban-maternity-care-desert-maternal-mortality-obstetrics 

 

How U.S. states' maternal mortality compares to other countries

Some U.S. states have maternal mortality rates similar to those of countries with relatively high numbers, a new analysis finds

https://www.axios.com/2025/10/20/maternal-mortality-states-countries  

Trump administration eviscerates maternal and child health programs

 The cuts to maternal health programs may serve a second purpose for Republicans. 

Such programs have come under fire in some conservative states, in part because the experts involved investigate deaths that could have been prevented with abortion services – now illegal or severely restricted in nearly two dozen conservative states… 

 Meanwhile, experts in HIV/Aids, worker health and safety, healthcare for society's most vulnerable, and experts in maternal and child health have received "reduction in force" notices, a federal term for layoffs, or have been placed on administrative leave with the expectation of being eliminated. 

"It certainly appears there was a particular focus on parts of HHS that dealt with women's or reproductive health," said Sean Tipton, chief policy officer at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, about the cuts. 

He added: "How in the world you can justify the CDC eliminating the division of maternal mortality is beyond me."…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/05/maternal-child-health-cuts

 

 

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. — ProPublica

ProPublica's first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas' abortion ban...

https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-sepsis-maternal-mortality-analysis

Pro-Life PAC launches ad against Democrats in Georgia

"Georgia's law, like pro-life laws in every other state, allows emergency care, miscarriage care and treatment for ectopic pregnancy. The laws do not penalize women who have abortions and they use plain, commonly accepted legal language. There would be no confusion if abortion advocates were not spreading confusion," SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser said in a statement. 

But doctors in states with abortion bans across the country have said the exceptions to such bans are often unclear and contradictory. They've expressed fear that even treatments that are not abortions, like the routine procedure Thurman needed, could still be used against them…

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4899654-abortion-ban-deaths-georgia-ad/

‘One death is too many’: abortion bans usher in US maternal mortality crisis

Recent studies highlight threats to health of women and infants as abortion restrictions change US health landscape…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/25/abortion-bans-healthcare-maternal-mortality

Pregnancy deaths rose by 56% in Texas after 2021 abortion ban, analysis finds

Doctors say the feeling among would-be moms is fear. 

"Fear is something I'd never seen in practice prior to Senate Bill 8," said Dr. Leah Tatum, an OB-GYN in private practice in Austin, Texas. Tatum, who was not involved with the GEPI study, said that requests for sterilization procedures among her patients doubled after the state's abortion ban. 

That is, women prefer to lose their ability to ever have children over the chance that they might become pregnant following SB 8. "Patients feel like they're backed into a corner," Tatum said. 

"If they already knew that they didn't want to pursue pregnancy, now they're terrified."…

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/womens-health/texas-abortion-ban-deaths-pregnant-women-sb8-analysis-rcna171631

US rate far higher than in peer nations, report finds

Alarming disparities persist, particularly between white and Black mothers, according to new report by Commonwealth Fund…

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jun/05/maternal-mortality-rate

Study says U.S. maternal death rate crisis is really a case of bad data - The Washington Post

But the box was checked for many deaths that were unrelated to pregnancy or childbirth, researchers found. For example, hundreds of deaths of people ages 70 or older were mistakenly classified as having been pregnant. Deaths from cancer and other causes were also counted as maternal deaths if the box was checked. As a result, the maternal mortality rates dramatically increased since 2003...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/03/13/maternal-mortality-study/

Nearly two years after Texas' six-week abortion ban, more babies are dying | CNN

Experts say that abortion bans in states like Texas lead to increased risk for both babies and mothers…

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/20/health/texas-abortion-ban-infant-mortality-invs/index.html

Oklahoma Supreme Court allows abortion to preserve mother’s life - The Washington Post

Oklahoma's constitution protects the right to an abortion if "the woman's physician has determined to a reasonable degree of medical certainty" that continuing "the pregnancy will endanger the woman's life," the court's justices said in Tuesday's ruling. "Absolute certainty" that the pregnancy will be life-threatening isn't required, but "mere possibility or speculation" is insufficient, they added...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/22/oklahoma-abortion-supreme-court-ruling/

US maternal mortality is more than ten times higher than in Australia. Why?

What do we make of a nation that has made giving birth so dangerous – yet forces more and more women to do it?…

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/20/us-maternal-mortality-rate-climbing-health-crisis

It’s time for a discussion about life after being born in America | The Hill

"While public protests, political debate, controversial legislation and court decisions have embroiled the United States on the issue of life before birth, comparatively little of America's attention, concerns and demonstrations are being directed to life after birth. 

At virtually every age from birth to old age, Americans have lower chances of life than no less than 40 countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom…"

https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/3603637-its-time-for-a-discussion-about-life-after-birth-in-america/

‘A matter of life and death’: maternal mortality rate will rise without Roe, experts warn

The states that have now banned or restricted abortion also have some of the highest mortality rates around pregnancy and childbirth, as well as the highest child mortality rates. Mississippi, for instance, where the supreme case that overturned Roe originated, has one of the highest maternal mortality rates – almost twice as high as the rest of the country – and the highest infant mortality rate in the country.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/27/roe-v-wade-overturned-maternal-mortality-rate-will-rise

US woman on vacation in Malta denied lifesaving abortion - ABC News

…About a week in, Prudente was rushed to the hospital where she was told the placenta separated from her uterus and she was starting to miscarry. It meant the pregnancy was no longer viable, and unless the pregnancy was aborted - Prudente's life would be in severe danger. But abortion is illegal in Malta - even under extreme circumstances like hers...

https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-woman-vacation-malta-denied-lifesaving-abortion/story

Pro-life is not just opposing abortion, Vatican says after U.S. ruling | Reuters

Anti-abortion activists should be concerned with other issues that can threaten life, such as easy access to guns, poverty and rising maternity mortality rates, the Vatican's editorial director said on Saturday...

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pro-life-is-not-just-opposing-abortion-vatican-says-after-us-ruling-2022-06-25/

Republican states trying to ban abortion expand health benefits for new mothers | US news | The Guardian

"It shows you how [Republicans] are not operating in good faith," said Loretta Ross, an associate professor at Smith College in Georgia and a reproductive justice activist. "If they really cared about maternal mortality they'd reduce the causes of maternal mortality – and it goes way beyond Medicaid expansion."… 

 "This kind of strategy pits needy people against each other," said Ross. "We're supposed to advocate for postpartum women to get Medicaid, and screw everybody else who needs it? It's a classic divide and conquer strategy."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/20/republican-states-health-benefits-new-mothers-abortion-bans

Mississippi, Whose Abortion Law Is Likely to Overturn Roe, Fails to Offer Medicaid Extension for New Parents — ProPublica

Mississippians on Medicaid lose coverage a mere 60 days after childbirth. "When women don't have that coverage, what happens is they die," says one expert...

https://www.propublica.org/article/mississippi-abortion-medicaid-roe-wade-scotus